The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

Title: The Fault In Our Stars
Author: John Green
My Rating: 5/5
Goodreads Summary: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

My Review: First of all let me say that I believe that I've read this before and just don't remember reading it very well so I decided to reread it. 

I was never and still am not close to people that have had cancer. I did have a friend who had cancer but I never really asked her about it.  Therefore I thought it was very sad but it didn't make me cry. It really was an emotional book but it didn't make me cry.  I was able to connect with it in a few other ways. I remember that I hated to go see my brother when he was alive and in the hospital. I remember seeing all of the kids with illnesses that I don't think they deserve. And this book just reminded me of this. 

Another way I connected was with Hazel was on the religious standpoint but I'm not going to get into that on here. 

I liked the way that John Green wrote his characters. You knew that they had medical issues but it wasn't overpowering. I think that they were evident on ever page of the book but when you have something like cancer it interferes with every part of your life. They also had issues that were't their illnesses. 

My favorite character had to have been Augustus . He was just really optimistic character despite everything that had happened to him.  Isaac was another character that I had really liked. His reactions to some of the things that he had to go through were pretty funny. I love how he was so emotional about everything. Then Hazel was opposite of Augustus. She was pretty pessimistic. Most of the time she saw everything that could go wrong. 

The setting was kind of interesting. At first I didn't really get the significance but after reading John Green's res ponces to some of the questions I did get the significance of the settings and it made complete sense.

The Book Cake Tag Thingy

The book cake tag is something that has been floating around youtube for a while and I decided that I liked the idea and wanted to post my book cake. So here goes:

1. Flour-  A book that starts off slow but gets better as you got into it. I chose Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell because I think that the begging was pretty slow with Cath staying in her room but after she started to leave her room it got more interesting.

2. Margarine-  A book that you thought had a rich and great plot: My choice was Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. The plot seems dumb and little at first but turned out to be really deep and so much more than a simple little romance.

3. Eggs- a book you thought was going to be bad but actually turned out to be pretty good: Id have to say it was a play I had to read for school called The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I'm not at all into plays and a vast majority of the time I don't like the books we read for class but I think that this one was pretty good.

4. Sugar- A sugary sweet book: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick. It was a really cute relationship and some of the younger characters were really cute and the relationships.

5. Icing- A book that covered all of your favorite things- This is really hard for me and to be honest I'd have to say that I don't have one because I really like most of the books I read. But the one thing I really do look for is characters. I love characters.

6. Sprinkles- A series that you turn to for a pick up- I don't have one. Usually I don't reread books. 

7. The Cherry On Top- Your favorite book This Year. Well since we are in the middle of January I'll do the one from this month and it was Linked by Imogen Howson.

January Book Haul

These 10 books I have to thank Simon and Schuster for. After adding up the total they came to about $113 and I won all of them from their site PulseIt. If you've never heard of it I recommend checking it out. They host giveaways often and they also always have a book on their site that you can read online for free. Thank You to Simon and Schuster for these amazing books.
The books I got are:
Wither
Possession
Unwind
Blood Red Road
The Program
Linked
Uglies
Pretties
The House Of The Scorpion
The Memory Of After

These books I got from Book Outlet for super cheap, less than $10 with shipping.
Gone
Vixen
Heart to Heart
The Face On The Milk Carton

Then I bought this from the Dollar Store.
The Vow